Railway construction



PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904 W.. TBRRELL. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIUATION PILEDJULY 8, 1903.

N0 MODEL UNITED STATES Patented February 1 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE; Y

WALES-TERRELL, or ANsoNiA, CONNECTICUT.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,312, dated February 16, 19041 Application filed m 8, 1903. Serial No. 16-2692. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALES TERRELL, of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and useful improvement in Railway Construction; andI do hereby declare the following, when'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and repre sent, in r Figure 1, a top or plan View of one member of a railway-seat constructed in-accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of the coupling.

This invention relates to an improvement in rziilway construction, and particularly to a device as a substitute for the Wood ties now generally employed, the object being to provide metal chairs which may be assembled at the place of manufacture and adjusted, so that but little difliculty. will be experienced in adjusting them when building or repairing a railway; and the invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims;

As herein shown, I- employ a plate or bed 2, formed at its inner edge with adownwardlyextending lip 3. To this plate a housing 4 is secured by rivets or otherwise, the housing com prisinglongitudinal walls 5 and 6, between which a block 70f wood is placed, upon which Preferably v block the usual rail 8 will rest.

the block is slightly less in thickness than the height of the walls, so that the rail is seated between the upper edges of the said walls, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. To secure therails in position, the walls 5 and 6 are provided with outwardly-projecting lugs 9,-through which are vertical openings 10 for the. passage of clamps 11, which at theiriupper ends have arms 12 overlapping the flanges 13 of the rail and at. their lower ends with fingers 14,

adapted to enter. recesses 15, formed in the walls 5,and 6 and to hold the clamps in posi-' tion wedges 16 are inserted into the openings 10 outside the clamps 11. It will be understood that these devices are arranged in pairs, and to connect them a groove 17 is formed in the under side of one ot'the flanges of the housing to receive one end of a tie-rod 18, the ends of which are turned upward, one end 19 being turned up through an opening 20, formed at theinner end, to the groove '17. The adjacent ends of the tie-rods are conuecte' by a coupling 21, consisting of a lower member 22, having a transverse groove 23. to receive the ends of the tie-rods, and the upper member 24, adapted to be secured to the lower member and formed with a recess 25, adapted to receive the. upturned ends 26 and 27 of the tie-rods, and this opening 25 will be of suflicient extent to permit the introduction of a space-block 28 to be placed between the ends of the tie-rod. The dimensions of this space-block will vary; accordingly as it isdesired to separate or draw the rails together.

If they are to be drawn together, a narrow block will be inserted between the ends of the tie-rods and suitable blocks placed between walls of the recess 25. It will be understood that the tie-rods 18 may be fiat or round, as desired.

In laying the railsthe'plates 2 are seated in' the road-bed and maybe covered with the usual ballasting. The parts may be assembled and adjusted when constructed, so that it is only necessary to couple the meeting ends of the tie-rods to bring the rails into proper position with respect to each other.

a In applying the rail-supports like those last described with rails already in position the rail-supports will be placed beneath the rail and turned so as to allow the flange to pass between the lips 29and 30,"then turning the rail-supports so that the lips pass over the flanges-J Then by coupling the tie-rods together they will be securely held in position. This construction gives a long bearingfor the rail, and they may be placed so closely together as to support the rail throughout twothirds of its'length, and by providing a Wooden.

bearing for the rail rattling is avoided. As the Wood seats for {the rail are compressed they may be readily removed and replaced by new blocks.

.tileupturned ends 26 and' 27 and'the outer two longitudinal walls, a wood block located upon tion comprising cured thereto, said housing comprising longi- .said walls and forming a support for rails,

for interlocking one endwith the housing, and a coupling consisting of a lower member an an upper member formed with a recess to receive the upturned ends of the tie-rods, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described improvement in railway construction comprising a plate, a housingsecured thereto, tie-rods provided with upturned ends, means for interlocking one end with the housing, and a coupling consisting of a lower member and an upper member formed with a recess to receive the up- Having fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described improvement in railway construction comprising a plate, a housing rigidly secured thereto and including between said walls to form a support for the rails, lugs projecting outwardly from said side walls and openings through the lugs for the passage of clamps by which the rails are held the wooden blocks, tie-rods secured to saidplates, and means for coupling the adjacent ends of the tie-rods, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described railway construca plate, a housingrigidly se described.

In testimony-whereofv I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. tudinal walls, a wood block located between WALES TERRELL- Witnesses:

' J. R. MASON, -FREDERIC C. EARLE.

means for securing said rails on said blocks, tie-rods provided with upturned ends, means i turned ends of thetie-rods, substantiallyas- 

